| Emergency | |
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| Directed by | Francis Searle |
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| Cinematography | Walter J. Harvey |
| Edited by | Jim Connock |
| Music by | John Veale |
Production company | Butcher's Film Service |
| Distributed by | Butcher's Film Distributors |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Emergency is a 1962 British second feature drama film directed by Francis Searle and starring Glyn Houston, Zena Walker and Dermot Walsh. [1] [2]
A small girl is hit by a truck and urgently needs a blood transfusion for a life-saving operation. Her blood group is extremely rare, and Police locate the only three possible donors: an imprisoned murderer awaiting execution, a treasonous atomic scientist, and a soccer player about to play a crucial match.
The film is a remake of Emergency Call (1952). It was shot at Twickenham Studios and on location in West London. Sets were designed by art director Duncan Sutherland.
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Bearing a strong resemblance to Butcher's ten-year-old Emergency Call, this film is as unlikely and complex as it was then. The characterisation, too, is improbable, with a convicted murderer, a professional footballer and an atomic scientist who is the pawn of a foreign power making up the blood donors." [3]
The Radio Times Guide to Films gave the film 2/5 stars, writing: "Francis Searle's anaemic little movie recreates the agony of an estranged couple and their young daughter who is in desperate need of a blood donor. Glyn Houston is the earnest Scotland Yard flatfoot looking for likely candidates while parents Zena Walker and Dermot Walsh look suitably in need of tranquillisers. Things get quite dramatic before the hour and the budget is up. [4]
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